The Infernal Machine at Work and in the Work of Brigitte Giraud "Vivre Vite"

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French Department, Faculty of Women, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

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In Vivre vite, Brigitte Giraud explores the role of fate and causality in the series of tragic events
that led to the accidental death of her companion, Claude. The novel, both intimate and universal,
is built around a reflection on the weight of individual choices and the chances of life. Brigitte
Giraud questions the relentless mechanics that seem to have woven the threads of this drama. She
revisits the innocuous or decisive decisions - such as buying the house, borrowing the motorcycle,
or the circumstances of this fateful day - trying to understand if all this was a matter of fatality or
a chain of human choices. The house, which was to symbolize a new beginning, becomes the focal
point of a series of events that seem to inevitably lead to the accident. The narrative oscillates
between the search for meaning and the acceptance of the absurd. By tracing the thread of causes
and coincidences, the author questions the share of chance in our lives: to what extent are we
responsible for our destiny, and where does the influence of the forces that escape us begin? It thus
explores the idea that destiny can be written both by the choices we make and by elements over
which we have no control. This deeply human reflection reveals a tension between the need to find
explanations and the difficulty of accepting the unpredictability of life. Destiny then becomes a
central theme, between personal tragedy and philosophical reflection.

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